Belgian Waffle Ride: Hayden Christian secures Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel with victory in Montana while Cécile Lejeune wraps up women's overall title with runner-up finish

Hayden Christian (Trek-MAAP Pro.Fwd) carved his way around the two decisive singletrack turns to win Belgian Waffle Ride Montana, the fastest among a group of five elite men on the final half mile of the 115-mile course into Bozeman.

Stella Hobbs (MAAP-ENVE-Tailwind) won her second consecutive elite women’s victory at BWR Montana, this year going solo in the elite women’s division with a time of 5:07:39.

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The men’s Quad-Tripel Crown was decided at Saturday’s sprint, Christian earning the title by just eight points over Lance Haidet (Colnago-SRAM-Velocio), who finished third in the final race. Christian progressed up the leaderboard at all four stops of the series, starting with 11th place at Arizona, then fifth at California and third at Utah, which put him two points behind Haidet going into the final race.

Christian and Haidet rode in the decisive lead group with Elliot Thornblade (Forward Endurance Coaching), Matthew Saldana (Cyclesport.com) and Ryker Brand (ALLIED-Formula 369). Thornblade made a late pass of Christian with a shoulder bump on the final dirt section, but Christian swooped inside Thornblade with another body barge 100 yards later take the lead for the final 50 metres to the line, winning in 4:45:32. Haidet grabbed the final podium ahead of Saldana while Brand was distanced in fifth.

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Elite women top 10
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Stella Hobbs (MAAP, ENVE, Tailwind)	5:07:39
2	Cécile Lejeune (Trek Driftless)	+0:07:30
3	Hannah Shell (GoodLife Brands / Pirelli)	+0:27:36
4	Courtney Sullivan (Mamis p/b Incycle)	+0:36:01
5	Laurel Quinones	+0:46:35
6	Merrilee Thomas (MT alpha)	+0:49:05
7	Chelsee Pummel (Bangtail Bike & Ski)	+1:03:46
8	Siena Hermon (Mondraker Bikes)	+1:09:11
9	Brianna Samuhel (MBO Simmonds Racing)	+1:28:21
10	Ivy Audrain (Ventum/Eliel Racing)	+1:48:46

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Elite men top 10
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Hayden Christian (TREK-MAAP PRO.FWD)	4:45:32
2	Elliot Thornblade (Forward Endurance Coaching)	+0:00:01
3	Lance Haidet (Colnago/SRAM/ZIPP/Velocio)	+0:00:01
4	Matthew Saldana (Cyclesport.com)	+0:00:04
5	Ryker Brand (ALLIED-Formula 369)	+0:00:18
6	Caleb Swartz (Mondraker/ Easton Overland)	+0:09:53
7	Joseph Kerr (Montana State Cycling)	+0:11:20
8	Jack Elder	+0:15:36
9	Nathan Barton	+0:21:40
10	Kai Applequist (Team RF Foundations)	+0:21:50